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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Some Writing Exercises for the Week

Whether you live in the Boston/Cambridge area or not, you can check out a few writing exercises offered courtesy of Grub Street, Inc. Even if you're not planning to read at the next Riot Act open mic (theme: "Bad Behavior"), scheduled for March 6, you might still make use of the five prompts provided to get you writing in time for the occasion. Interested? Click here.

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About Me

Erika Dreifus lives and writes in New York City. Her story collection, Quiet Americans, will be published in January 2011 by Last Light Studio Books. Erika is a contributing editor for The Writer magazine and an advisory board member forJ Journal: New Writing on Justice, and she wrote the section on "Choosing a Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing" for the second edition of Tom Kealey's Creative Writing MFA Handbook (Continuum, 2008). Erika's writing practice encompasses fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. For more about Erika's writing, please visit her website.

Erika is also the editor/publisher of The Practicing Writer, a free (and popular) e-newsletter featuring advice, opportunities, and resources on the craft and business of writing for fictionists, poets, and writers of creative nonfiction.